The original idea for The Black Orchestra came to me after reading two books on German WW2 spies in Ireland: Spies in Ireland by Enno Stephan, Four Squares, 1965 Irish Secrets by Mark M. Hull, Irish Academic Press, 2003 These books were full of laughable tales involving spies in Ireland who were badly trained and… Read More »WW2 Spy Story – Novel Construction and Research by JJ Toner